Temporary support for telephone wires



July 15, 1924.

V. C. FLOYD TEMPORARY SUPPORT FOR TELEPHONE WIRES Filed June 2. 1921 INVENTOR. V/crok? 6. FLOYD WAT ORNEYJ.

Patented July-15, 1924.

PATENT VICTOR C. FLOYD, OF HUNTINGTON PARK, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM GINDORIE F, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND ONE-TENTH TO GUY COCHRAN, 013 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. i'

TEMPORARY SUPPORT FOR TELEPHONE WIRES.

Application filed June 2, 1921. Serial No. 474,409.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR C. FLOYD, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington Park, in the county of Los 5 Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Temporary'Supports for Telephone Wires, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in temporary supports for telephone wires, the principal object of my invention being to provide a relatively simple and practical device that may be effectively used for engaging and support ing telephone wires while effecting a transposition thereof, forv instance when it is necessary to arrange and connect said wires so as to produce a phantom circuit.

Heretofore, the work incident to the transposing of telephonewires to produce phantom circuits has required the services of two men and has involved considerable time and labor; and it is one of the principal objects of my invention to provide a simple structure that is capable of being readily handled and with which asingle workman can easily and quickly make any transposition of telephone wires, and said device being constructed so that it may be readily applied to or removed from a wire supporting cross arm and arranged so that it can be folded or collapsed into compact form when packed for storage or transportation, and, further, to produce a device which has a wide range of adjustability in order that the wires that are being cut and transposed may be firmly held in position convenientto the workman.

,With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction and arrangement of partsthat will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of a wire carrying cross arm and showing my improved transposition tool in'position for use thereupon.

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on the .line 22 of Fig. 1 and showing the wire engaging arms of the device swung into upright positions so as to be conveniently engaged and manipulated by the workman.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section taken approximately onthe 1ine33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the hue H of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the end portion of a part of the transposition device with parts of the wire supporting arms folded into position for storage or transportation and with parts of said device in section.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a practical embodiment of my invention, 10 designates a pole, 11 a cross arm, 12 insulators positioned in the usual manner upon said cross arm and serving as supports for the line wires 13.

The transposition device contemplated by my invention includes a rail or bar 14, of wood or metal, to the center of which are pivotally connected the upper ends of a pair of hooks 15, the same depending on opposite sides of said bar or rail and arranged so that they W111 engage on the sides and beneath the cross arm 11 when the device is'positioned thereupon for use. These cross armv engaglng hooks are preferably pivoted upon therail 14 is a pin 19, upon which isarranged for rotation, a short arm or rail 20 to the central portion of which is fixed a disc 21, in which is formed a circular row of apertures such as 22. The arm 20 may rost belocked to the disc 17 andarni 14: by means of a pin such as 23that is seated in a of the coinciding apertures 18 and 22.

The end portions 20 of the arm orrail 20 are secured to the central portion thereof pair by means of hinges 24, thus enabling said I end portions to be swung inwardly against the end portions of the rail 141 when the device is packed for storage or transportation.

The outer end portion of each member 20 of the transverse rail is providedwith an integral disc 25 through which is formed a circular row of apertures :26, and extending through the center of each disc and the arm to which same is secured, is a pin or bolt 27,

upon which is rotatably mounted a short integral, a disc 29.

I Formed through this disc and the arm to which it is fixed, is a circular row of apertures 30 that are adapted to coincide with the apertures 26, and the arms 28 may be locked to the ends of the arm members 20 by means of pins such asj3l that pass through coinciding pairs of the apertures 26 and 30. i 1 I Secured to both ends of each arm 28 are the inner ends of flexible members such as oins 32 the outer ends thereof carr in suitable wire gripping members 33 and which latter may be oi'any desired type.

In the use of my improved transposition tool, the rail 14 is positioned on top of the cross arm ll and securely clamped thereto by proper manipulation of the hooks l5 and thenut or'bolt 16.

The transverse arms at the ends of rail let and comprising the members 20 and 20 are swung into horizontal positions immediately above the wires 13 that are supported by said cross arm and the short arms 28 that are carried by the ends of the arm members 20* are also swunginto horizontal positions, thereby permitting the wire clamping members 33 carried by the ends of the short flexible members 32, to be readily gripped or clamped upon the wires at points equidistant away from the cross arm.

After the wires have thus been firmly clamped, they are released from the insulators on said cross arm, and after said wires are cut at the proper points-adj acent to the cross arm, the transverse arms comprising the members 20 and 20, are swung into vertical. positions and locked in such positions by the insertion of pins orbolts 23 through a pairof the coinciding apertures 18 and 22. Likewise, the arms 28 can be adjusted to vertical positions to avoid an adjustment of the arms 20 and 20 or to cooperate with the latter in securing other adjustments of the line wires.

Thus, the ends of the wires adjacent to the pointwhere the same are cut, are firmly held in position one above the other at an intermediate point on the cross arm, where they can be readily engaged and manipulated by the workman in making the transposition. I

Vihen the wires are thus swung to a vertical plane, two of said wires will be positioned above the cross arm and two below; and when said wires have been properly connected, they are secured in the usual manner to a vertically disposed insulator carrying bracket, such as A, that is secured in any suitable manner to the cross arm.

' A wire supporting device of my improved construction is comparatively simple, can be readily applied to or removed from a cross arm, is'capable of ready adjustment so as to firmly hold the wires in a position where they may be conveniently man-ipulated by a workman in making the desired connections or transposition, and said device can be folded into a relatively small compass when packed for storage or transportation.

It will be readily understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of my improved wire supporting device may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the spiritof my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A temporary support for wires comprising a rail adapted to be positioned on a wire carrying cross arm, arms pivotally connected to the ends of said rail, secondary arms pivotally connected to the end portions of the first mentioned arms, and wire gripping means carried by said secondary arms.

2. In a temporary support for wires, a rail adapted to be detachably secured to a cross arm, arms pivotally connected to the ends of saidrail, means for adjustably sustaining said arms on said rail, secondary arms pivotally connected to the first mentioned arms, meansror adj ustably sustaining said secondary arms on the first mentioned arms, and wire clamping means carried by the ends of said secondary arms.

8. In a temporary support for wires, the combination with a rail adapted to be detachably clamped upon a wire supporting cross arm, of adjustable means arranged on the ends of said rail forv engaging the wires adjacent to said cross arm and swinging the same into a vertical plane.

4. In a temporary support for wires, a

member adapted to be supported by a wire carrying cross arm, and transversely arranged means on the ends of said member for engaging the wires adjacent to said cross arm and supporting the same in a vertical plane.

5. In a temporary support for wires, a rail adapted to be supported by a cross arm,

transversely disposed arms pivotally connected to the ends of said rail, said cross arms having hinged portions, secondary arms pivotally connected to the hinged portions of said first mentioned arms, and wire engaging means carried by said secondary arms.

6. In a temporary support for wires, a rail adapted to be supported by a cross arm, transversely disposed arms pivotally connected to the ends of said rail, said cross arms having hinged portions, secondary arms pivotally connected to the hinged portions of said first mentioned arms, wire engaging, means carried by said secondary arms, means for locking the first mentioned arms to the ends of the rail, and means for locking the secondary arms to the ends of the first mentioned arms.

7. A temporary support for Wires comprising a bar, foldable arms adjustable axially about the bar, secondary arms sustained on and adjustable transversely of theaxis of the first arms, and Wire gripping members carried by the secondary arms.

8. A temporary support for Wires comprising a supporting member, means for attaching the supporting member to a cross arm, members connected to and adjustably sustained on the supporting member, flexible members connected to the last members and Wire gripping members carried by said flextained on the foldable arms, Wire gripping means carried by the secondary arms, and means for adjusting the first arms with respect to the supporting member and the secondary arms With respect to the first arms.

10. A temporary support for Wires comprising a supporting member, attaching means for securing the supporting member to a cross arm, foldable arms sustained on the supporting member, secondary arms sustained on the foldable arms, Wire gripping means carried by the secondary arms, and means for adjusting the first arms With re-. spect to the supporting member and the secondary arms With respect to the first arms, said means comprising coacting perforated members, and pins extending through the perforations of said members.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

VICTOR C. 'FLOYD. 

